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Radio station
Eklipse Sports Radio
was a Scottish-owned
independent local radio
station. It was based in
Kinning Park
on the Southside of
Glasgow
and broadcast to
Fife
, and
Central Scotland
. All programming was produced in Glasgow.
The station ceased broadcasting on 29 February 2016 after the owners withdrew their financial support.
History
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The station was mooted in the Summer of 2013 when capacity became available on the Central Scotland multiplex and a five-year transmission contract was signed with
Switch Scotland
. The station's
OFCOM
broadcast licence was granted in July 2013 with a licensed format of sports news, talk and
Classic rock
music to a potential 2.7 million adults in the station's
TSA
.
The company raised £40,000 in capital under the UK government's Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme,
[1]
although launch was delayed by the sudden death of a major investor in November 2013. In February 2014 the station moved into new studio premises in Admiral St in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow. The founding Station Director was Spencer Pryor. He sold his entire shareholding to a consortium of local businessmen and left the station in January 2015.
At the time of its closure, presenters included George Aitchison, a former
Qfm
and
Your Radio
presenter on Breakfast.
Bill Young
[2]
the former Programme Controller at
Belfast
's
CityBeat
hosted the station's flagship phone-in programme along with co-hosts ex
Rangers
,
Heart of Midlothian
and
Ayr United
defender
Hugh Burns
on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays. The other regular co-hosts were Ally Graham former Falkirk and Raith Rovers striker was also a regular pundit.
The station negotiated the rights to cover Scottish Junior Football for the 2014/15 season including commentaries and match reports.
[3]
The station subscribed to
RAJAR
from Q3 2014 and was a member of
RadioCentre
. The station's national advertising sales were handled by First Radio Sales in
London
.
Presenters
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- George Aitchison (Weekday breakfast) (BEST)
- Ian Martin (Weekday mid-mornings)
- Alex Horsburgh (Weekday afternoons)
- Bill Young (Weekday football phone-in)
- Stephen Quinn (Weekday Evenings)
- Dave Mac (Weekend Breakfast)
- Ian Oliphant (Weekend mornings)
- Andy Alston (F1 Review Show)
- Andy Coyle (Sunday afternoon)
Former Presenters
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- Nick Mills
- Peter Greenwood
- Catt Weir
- Steve Delahaye
- Chris Kane
- Rod Johnston
- Chris Duke
- Scott Summers
- Dave Knight
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